I got a cheap power/volts/current meter today so I've been going around the house measuring things.
Intel machine (805D)
Overclocked to 3.6 GHz:
140W Idle
245W FaH load
Stock:
110W Idle
186W Orthos small FFT
177W FaH load
145W FaH on 1 core
AMD machine (165)
Overclocked to 3 GHz:
127W Idle
225W Orthos small FFT
213W SMP load
Stock with Cool'N'Quiet:
110W Idle
160W Orthos load
I've come to the conclusion that the 805 on 24/7 is a huge waste of money for hardly any points*. Thus, it will be not on unless used. When it is on, it will be overclocked, consuming an extraordinary 245 joules per second in the name of science. Depending on hours/day over the next few days, it might go back to stock and stop folding, since I don't expect the points to be worth over twice the power consumption. This will leave me, once again, with a single machine (more or less, the xp occasionally dumps something).
*This conclusion will change if the windows smp client is supported
Edit: My 19 inch monitor is drawing 83W when entirely black and 110W when white (somewhere in between on average, around 100 I think).
My (crt) TV draws about 120W when on. The TV, plus a dvd player, vcr and surround sound draw around 18-20W when on standby
Intel machine (805D)
Overclocked to 3.6 GHz:
140W Idle
245W FaH load
Stock:
110W Idle
186W Orthos small FFT
177W FaH load
145W FaH on 1 core
AMD machine (165)
Overclocked to 3 GHz:
127W Idle
225W Orthos small FFT
213W SMP load
Stock with Cool'N'Quiet:
110W Idle
160W Orthos load
I've come to the conclusion that the 805 on 24/7 is a huge waste of money for hardly any points*. Thus, it will be not on unless used. When it is on, it will be overclocked, consuming an extraordinary 245 joules per second in the name of science. Depending on hours/day over the next few days, it might go back to stock and stop folding, since I don't expect the points to be worth over twice the power consumption. This will leave me, once again, with a single machine (more or less, the xp occasionally dumps something).
*This conclusion will change if the windows smp client is supported
Edit: My 19 inch monitor is drawing 83W when entirely black and 110W when white (somewhere in between on average, around 100 I think).
My (crt) TV draws about 120W when on. The TV, plus a dvd player, vcr and surround sound draw around 18-20W when on standby
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